Ru-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 3-Oxoglutaric Acid Derivatives via Solvent-Assisted Pinpoint Recognition of Carbonyls in Close Chemical Propinquity
- 5 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Organic Letters
- Vol. 13 (15) , 3876-3879
Abstract
Upon comparison of hydrogenation rates of various β-ketocarboxylic acid derivatives, β-ketoamides were found to be hydrogenated slightly faster than β-ketoesters in EtOH in the presence of [RuCl(benzene)(S)-SunPhos]Cl at 70 °C with 20 bar of hydrogen. In THF these differences were so sharpened that β-ketoamides were hydrogenated even faster than in EtOH while the esters were extremely slow. Based on these findings, a series of 3-oxoglutaric acid derived with ester and amide moieties on the two ends were hydrogenated to 3-hydroxyl products with high enantioselectivities.Keywords
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